Description
Forchlorfenuronisasyntheticcytokininthatinhibitsseptinsandexhibitsanti-parasitic,anticancer,andanti-angiogenicactivities.Forchlorfenuroninducespolymerizationoffilaments,causingparalysisinSchistosoma.ThiscompoundalsoinhibitsproliferationandmigrationofprostatecancercellsbyinducingdegradationofHIF-1αinaproteasome-dependentmanner.Forchlorfenuroniscommonlyusedasaplantgrowthregulator.
References
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